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]]> http://clinicalmagazine.com/video-amniocentesis-technique/feed/ 2 USMLE video: Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) and Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN) http://clinicalmagazine.com/usmle-video-acute-tubular-necrosis-atn-and-acute-interstitial-nephritis-ain/ http://clinicalmagazine.com/usmle-video-acute-tubular-necrosis-atn-and-acute-interstitial-nephritis-ain/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:31:29 +0000 admin http://clinicalmagazine.com/?p=156 This video song will help you to note the differences between Acute Tubular Necrosis (ATN) and  Acute Interstitial Nephritis (AIN).

Learn the song and use it as a mnemonic!

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  • Neurotransmitters involved in nociception.
  • Serotonin receptors .
  • Trigeminovascular system.
  • Nociception
  • Pain modulation.
  • Pain pathways.
Animation on migraine pathophysiology

Animation on migraine pathophysiology

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Ovarian Cancer Treatment & Management


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  • Ovarian Carcinoma– Signs Symptoms
  • Risk Factors
  • How is Ovarian Cancer Diagnosed?
  • Ovarian Carcinoma Primary Management
  • Surgical Staging
  • Ovarian Carcinoma Primary Management—Initial Surgery

Screening of ovarian malignancies


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  • Ovarian Cancer ScreeningT
  • Types of Ovarian Tumors
  • Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
  • Early Detection and Mortality
  • Risk factors: Heredity
  • Additional Risk Factors
  • Delays in Diagnosis
  • Diagnostic tools
  • Diagnostic approach
  • Surgical Evaluation
  • Stages Ia, Ib, Ic
  • Stages IIa, IIb, IIc
  • Stages IIIa, IIIb, IIIc
  • Surgical treatment
  • Chemotherapy and Radiation
  • Why screening for ovarian cancer is so difficult?
  • CA-125
  • Ovarian Cancer Screening Trials
  • Marker Updates – Ca 125
  • Marker Updates. OvaCheck

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  • OVARIAN CANCER
  • Definition
  • OVARIAN TUMOURS
  • CARCINOMA OF THE OVARY: Risk Factors, Incidence
  • Solid Carcinoma of the Ovary
  • Symptoms due to Size
  • CLINICAL FEATURES OF OVARIAN TUMOURS
  • Pressure Symptoms
  • DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS
  • Complications of Ovarian Tumors
  • Ruptured Cyst
  • PSEUDOMYXOMA PERITONEI
  • HORMONE-PRODUCING TUMORS
  • Krukenberg tumour
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  • Common causes: chlamydia, trichomonas, candida, GAMM complex.
  • Clinical presentation.
  • Diferential diagnosis
  • pH characteristics.
  • Physiological discharge: PCOS.
  • Vaginal discharge management.
  • Workup algorithm.
  • Commonly used antibiotics

USMLE algorithm: vaginal discharge

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Pseudomonas aeuruginosa USMLE Study Songs

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Epstein-Barr Virus USMLE Study Song

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  • THYROID CANCER ANATOMY
  • Thyroid cancer epidemiology
  • Pathology
  • Follicular cell origin (FCDC)
  • Parafollicular (C cells) – medullary
  • FCDC
  • Papillary (and follicular variant – FVPTC) (most)
  • Follicular
  • Oxyphilic (Hurthle cell)
  • Anaplastic
  • Diagnosis
  • History/examination (MEN, MTC FH)
  • TNM staging system
  • Ultrasound-guided FNAB of clinical or radiologically detected mass
  • Thyroid and Neck ultrasound
  • Serum Ca 2+
  • CT scan neck/superior mediastinum/chest
  • ENT exam (vocal cords)
  • Well Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma PTC
  • INDICATIONS FOR EBRT RADICAL RT
  • MEDULLARY CARCINOMA

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Lecture outline:
Classification & Incidence of Thyroid Cancer:

Follicular cell origin
Differentiated
Papillary 80%
Follicular 10%
Hurthle cell 3-5%
Undifferentiated
Anaplastic 1-2%
Parafollicular cell origin
– Medullary 5%
Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
MEN IIA 
Lymphoma of the Thyroid

Evaluating a thyroid nodule
Which of the following are concerning findings on ultrasound?
Prognostic Risk Classification for Patients with Well-Differentiated Thyroid Cancer (AMES or AGES)

Clinical cases

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Video outline:

  • Clinical features
  • Most common pathogens
  • Orientation through glucose levels
  • Laboratory caracteristics.
  • How to diagnose meningitis
  • When not to do a lumbar puncture
  • Empirical treatment: ampicillin, ceftriaxone, amphotericin B, etc.
  • Contact prophylaxis.
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  • Pathophysiology of ST segment elevation
  • Thrombus generation
  • Objectives of primary PCI
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